Car-coupling



'Patented June z5, 1895.

J. o. ^P LxRRoTtr. GAR GOUPLING.

(N Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEPTHA CAROL PARROTT, OF PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, 'ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO PHILIAS CLEMENT, OF AVON, IDAHO.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming' part Of Letters Patent N0. 541,496, dated. June 25, 1895.

Application filed May 22, 1894. Serial No. 512.108. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.- The link is provided at its outer en i, which Beit known thatI, JEPTHACAROLPARROTT, is beveled, with an elongated opening l to a citizen of the United States, residing at Pullreceive a coupling pin, and its inner end or man, in the county of Whitman and State of portion is increased in thickness and is mov- 55 Washington, have invented a new and useful ably hinged in the draw-head by a transverse Car-Coupling, of Which the following is a pintle 11, which is arranged in an elongated specification. slot 12 of the link. The link is provided in- The invention relates to improvements inV ter-mediate of its ends with a perforation 13 car couplings. to receive the coupling pin of the draw-head 6o ro The object of the present invention is to withinwhich it is mounted. At the outer terimprove vthe construction of -automatic car minus of the thickened or enlarged portion of couplings, and to provide one which will be the link is arranged an inwardly and rearpositive and reliable in its operation, and wardly downwardly inclined or beveled por which may be 'readily coupled with an ordition 14 adapted to be engaged by the link of 65 nary pin and link car coupling. an approachingor adjacentdraw-head,during The invention consists in the construction coupling, whereby the link, which has its bevand novel combination and arrangement of eled portion 14engaged,is raised at an inclinaparts hereinafter fully described, illustrated tion, and is adapted to engage the depending in the accompanying drawings and pointed shoulder 8 ofthe spring actuated pin support 7o zo out in the claims hereto appended. 6, to cause the coupling pin to fall.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective The transverse pintle 11 is provided at its View of a car-coupling constructed in accordends, which are arranged in vertical openings ance with this invention and shown applied 15 of the sides of the draw-head, with perfotoacar. Fig.2isalongitudinalsectional view rations to receive vertical guide rods 16 on 75 z 5 showing two draw-heads coupled. Fig. 3 is a which are disposed spiral'springs 17 for holdtransverse sectional view. ing the pintle normally at the bottom of the Like numerals of reference indicate corredraw-head. The springs 16 permitan upward sponding parts in all the figures of the drawmovement of the innerend of the link, and ings. the longitudinal slot of the link enables the 8o 3o 1 designates a draw-head having a link cavlatterl to move backward andforward'; but the ity and provided with a coupling pin perfolink is engaged at its inner or rear end by a ration 2 receiving acoupling pin,which is supspring actuated block 18, which holds the ported when in an elevated position preparalink normally extended, but which permits an tory to coupling, by a rectangular frame 4 inward movement of the same to prevent 85 mounted on the draw-head, and extending upbreakage of the link should the draw-head be ward from the same and provided at its top coupled with an ordinary pin and link coupwith a perforation 5. The coupling pin isling having a short link cavity. supported in an elevated position by a spring The coupling pin is lifted preparatory to actuated catch 6 mounted in suitable ways coupling, in order that it may be set, by a 9o 4o within the draw-head at the top thereof, and chain 19 extending to the top of a car and proextending rearward from the coupling pin vided with links 20 and 21, which are enlarged perforation. The outer end 7 of the spring and are adapted to engage hooks 22 and 23 actuated pin support is adapted to stand belocated just above the draw-head, and at the neath the coupling pin perforation, and the top of the car to secure the pin in an elevated 9 5 pin support is provided with a depending position to prevent coupling.

shoulder 8 adapted to be engaged by a link 9 What I claim is- 1 of the adjacent draw-head, in coupling, to 1. In a car coupling, the combination of a cause the front end '7 of the pin support to be draw-head, a horizontal pintle having its ends withdrawn from beneath the coupling pin in mounted for vertical movement in the drawroo 5o order that the latter will drop and engage the head, a link having a longitudinal slot receivlink. ing the pintle, and springs for forcing the pintle downward and the link outward, substantially as described.

2. In a car coupling, the combination of aA draw-head provided at its sides with Vertical openings, guide pins mounted in the openings, a horizontal pintle mounted on the guide pins, springs disposed on the guide pins and engaging the pintle, a link provided at its inner end with a longitudinal slot to receive the pintle and having intermediate of its ends at its lower face an inclined portion extending downward and rearward and arranged to be engaged by a similar link, a spring actuated block engaging the inner end of the link, a coupling pin, and a spring actuated pin sup- I5 port arranged at the top ofthe draw-head and having a depending portion adapted to be engaged by a link when the latter is directed upward, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

J EPTHA CAROL PARROT'I.

Vitnesses:

E. R. WISWELL, D. MoRIsoN. 

